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[mistericeman]

as this seems to have become about heating in general ,then for any self builders or those who want a change , if you can find the room for one of these Caravan Carver TRUMATIC 1800 heater complete and tested working | eBay . i had one similar , a morco , in a van as well as a webasto 5kw . they have no electrics, no moving parts ,so no noise, and are floor vented.very cheap to buy and slightly quicker to warm the van than the webby.absolutely gutted i couldn't put it in my latest van , so have a propex

Fab things..... Especially the later fan blown versions..

HOWEVER if buying second hand please be wary that they can suffer from cracked heat exchanger casings and rusty flues...
Both of which risk Co making its way into the living space...

Not scaremongering BUT just trying to make folks aware that some of these have had a hard life.

 

[Fisherman]

If the battery was a typical 100Ah one, and it used 25% of its capacity in one hour, that is a 25A load. There is something very wrong with your battery, your measurement technique or your heater.

Nothing wrong with the battery it was brand new then, now two years old, nothing wrong with my technique, I check batteries for a living have done for over 40 years.
I was actually referring to one quarter of the batteries usable capacity, or one eighth of its total capacity. I also mentioned that our battery is normally down to around 2/3 total capacity before going to bed, owing to its use throughout the day. Thus further reducing its capacity for all night use for the diesel heating system.

Nothing wrong with the heater so long as I run the engine for first few minutes initially.

 

[Fisherman]

No you weren't. Perhaps that's what you were thinking of, but it's not what you were referring to.

I know fine well what I was referring to Carols heater, as I have all the way through this thread.
This is not an ideal way to communicate.

 

[Hurstie]

Hurstie

I noticed my thermostat/control unit is the one that only runs for an hour then shuts down! The serial number ends in 001.
I’m assuming 003 carries on overnight. This might not be the answer but I wasn’t aware of this till mine shut down one evening!!

 

[carol]

I thought I would do a more involved real-life power and fuel consumption test on my Diesel Heater to see just how much is used when running.
Anyone interested can saddle up and mosey along to motorhomebuilder.com and have a look here :baby:

Wow, who's a clever boy, then? I'm really impressed!

 

[spigot]

Wow, who's a clever boy, then? I'm really impressed!

Yeah, I’ve just read that, it’s blown my mind but think I’ll leave those chinky jobs well alone.